New King James Version
Psalms 147:2
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Psalms 147:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to Israel.
Context of Psalms 147:2
1Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. 3He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. 4He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.
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בּוֹנֵ֣ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה נִדְחֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל יְכַנֵּֽס׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 147:2
- Psalms 51:18Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 102:13You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 7:4Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.
- Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.
- Isaiah 61:7Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
- Daniel 9:25“Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
- Matthew 16:18And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
- Psalms 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,
- Deuteronomy 30:3that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you.
- Ezra 2:64The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
- Ezra 8:1These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- Isaiah 11:11It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 27:13So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 56:8The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “Yet I will gather to him Others besides those who are gathered to him.”
Commentaries on Psalms 147:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language would be applicable to a return from the captivity. There may be an allusion here to the language in Psalm 102:16: “When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.” See the notes at that passage. What is there spoken of as what would be in the future is here spoken of as accomplished, and as a ground…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6The psalmist remembers how the Lord restored Jerusalem and brought back his people who had suffered in exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Compare Psa 107:3; Is 11:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 147
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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